Debra J. Saunders: Lockerbie bomber is still alive

Angry critics of the Scottish Justice Minister’s “compassionate” release of convicted Pan Am 103 bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi on August 20 — based on the belief that Megrahi was supposed to have less than three months to live — have been counting the days, to see how accurate the prognosis was. Three months after his hero’s welcome in Libya, the answer is clear. And folks, he’s still alive.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has sent a letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown asking for the “immediate” return of Megrahi to jail. And: “The bottom line is Megrahi should have never been released in the first place but it would be even more outrageous if he were to be able to live a long and free life after his release.”

When Megrahi does meet his maker, the controversy may not be over.

New Jersey’s Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora was killed in the 1988 bombing, told The Guardian, “He is in the hands of Libya and when he is dead, we want to see the body. If he had been in Scotland, we would have at least believed it when told he was dead.”